Boss with Carbon Hull???

Topper have always advertised the weight as 85kg. Although I seem to remember reading another thread where this weight was questioned......???

Carbon mast and carbon racks don't weigh that much, in fact the wings are super-leight as my mate had to repair his.............

Still going to get their arses handed to them on a plate by a Thames A rater! Anyway the whole point of skiffs (and I do not agree that a boss is a skiff...) is racing them when planing!!!

Originally posted by Jon Emmett Still going to get their arses handed to them on a plate by a Thames A rater! Anyway the whole point of skiffs (and I do not agree that a boss is a skiff...) is racing them when planing!!!

I know this has already been done - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9 86&KW=Skiff but your definition of a skiff is odd. Traditionally an open boat with a sail and no keel, but because the Aussies used it to name development classes over 100 years old, doesn't mean skiff has to mean .....'indicative of a modern Aussie racing skiff (and not an older one)' and for these boats, as you should know Jon planing is a difficult definition to satisfy.

By the definition of old (most dictionarys) the boss is a skiff. By the new 'like and Aussie racing dinghy' definition, it is a Skiff. By your own 'racing while paning' definition it is a skiff for much of the time.

I am no Boss fan, but I feel some people are being negative about the boat here because what? It is a little bit slower than the one you sail? Why not bash the topper or Ent? At the end of the day, NO SMOD's are at the limit of development and having fun on the water should not be defined by a relative concept of speed.

Edited by Bumble

Originally posted by 49erGBR735HSC We always saw the Boss as slow older 14s, the boats could never keep up with the 5000s in all conditions but maybe that was just in Scotland?

Could also have been the sailors.